now if ANY of you can find me a prolific game where all of the units move around sporadically for no other reason than to dodge fire, I'll bow down and kiss the floor. until then this thread is full of a bunch of trollmongering and name calling.

the idea isnt feasible which is why its not implemented
strike craft make an exception (ignoring for now that sins has them) because in all games any one side only as a few types, so double-clicking them is an easy solution.

Schod is entirely correct, to my knowledge.

As I said before, the games that I played (the majority of those listed) just don't feature dodging non-strikecraft units. They JUST DON'T. Hell, not even the extremely tactical Massive Entertainment games do this.

die thread die. . i still want moving ships damn it

Maybe you want it spelled out?
Homeworld 2: Everything up to destroyers moves around a lot in combat, made even more prononced with the PDS mod.
ORB: see Homeworld
Nexus: The entire game centered around tactical starship combat. Anyone claiming capital ships don't move around in this one is simply blind, even battleships constantly roll and wave to bring weapons to bear and dodge fire. All done automatically, off course.
Company of Heroes: Don't know which game you are playing, but in my copy of COH infantry constantly moves around to find better cover and firing positions. Which is the land combat equivalent of dodging manouvers in space, perfectly implemented.
C&C: Start up the game, and build a couple of Orca's. When attacking a target they circle around it while firing. This helps them evade enemy rockets. How is that not exactly what people are asking for here?
Supreme Commander: Same thing as C&C, with aircraft constantly evading fire and making attack runs.
Sword of the Stars: Doesn't even feature strikecraft, so here is the proof you're simply making this up as you go. Every destroyer and cruiser dodges and waves around in combat, while the big dreadnoughts just plow through fleets of smaller craft.

Come on guys, this blind loyalty to Ironclad just makes you look sad. Anyone with access to these games or youtube can clearly see how wrong you are.

well thats good for homworld guss what this IS NOT homeworld it is sins
tha computers in this game DONT miss therfor manuvering is USELESS
and if they do miss manuvering aint gonna help sh&*
also conseder THERE IS NO COVER to move TO

ps im not ablinde suporter of ironclad or stardock iand have made sugestions in other threads
including the addition of marien frigats
the changing of the pji
nerf of superwepons

now go away  
just my 2 cents  

well then if they do enjoy controling a fleet of 200+ ships going all over the place   
me personally IF the devs put that in ill be swiching it off

Heres a question...

During a large tank battles, do all the tanks roll around in circles around eachother? or sit still?

Totally agree. In fact it would be nice if the devs add many things with OPTION to turn them on or off. It sure avoids all the arguing. Then if people don't like something they can just turn it off.

If they still disagree with it, then really they are arguing just for the sake of arguing.

Here's a real question: why do all modern tanks have very complex and expensive targetting stabilizers? Because if they have to stop each time they want to fire, they are an easy target. Read up on the tank warfare in Desert Storm, and the way the Iraqi tanks gave the US a real turkey shoot due to being unable to fire on the move. You're thinking in terms of WW2. Sitting still is the worst thing you can do in a combat zone. Stationary tanks disappeared with the advent of modern electronics.

Edit: Oh, and talking about circling other tanks: standard allied operational procedure for taking down a Tiger or Konigstiger was for tanks to circle around the Tiger and hit him in the weaker armoured engine compartment. But hey, such tactics are clearly far too advanced for the space navies of the far future.

some how i think with the current turning circles fights will take about a day and the entire Grav well. if the frigates move like the fighters   

homeworld: wrong, the frigates do not move dynamically in battle
and when capital ships do move (like they do in sins) its just to bring weapons to bear, no different here.
CoH: 1) there is no "cover" in space, 2) they usually sit behind static cover and fire on one another, they dont consistantly move around 3) why are you comparing infantry to the combat of great big ships carrying upwards of half a thousand people? its just not a good comparison on ANY level.
Supreme commander: yeah, strike craft. just like sins's bombers and fighters
SotS: ok fine, but I have two points I can remain standing on in this one 1) not a prolific game, many people hated the combat, that includes me, poorly designed system. cant hold it against them though, its a turn based game. 2) you dont have much micro in it unless you chose to and 3, just for kickers) you dont deal with tenths of the ammounts of ships you have in sins.
again bad bad bad terrible comparison.

Dear Schod,

Your posts have irked me enough to make me come on down, register for an account and post. I don't have much to say here:

You must have sucked at Homeworld.

Any ship which wasn't a strike craft, including frigates, could be issued a "move while attacking" order. This was incredibly useful as you could keep firing at a target while physically moving your ships away from harm.

In SoaSE, I would have loved a 'move while attacking' order as it makes combat more tactical and interesting. On the other hand, these ships are supposed to be huge and most of their big f-off engines are on the back, meaning that this kind of strafing would be incredibly slow.